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[edit]Glossostigma cleistanthum
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https://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/factsheet.aspx?SpeciesID=257 http://www.dem.ri.gov/programs/benviron/water/quality/surfwq/pdfs/glocle.pdf
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Common name is Mudmat
Aquatic plant native to Australia, New Zealand, India and East Africa.
Earliest record in North America is 1992 in Hamburg Cove, CT. Found in New Jersey, eastern PA, RI.
Occurs in waters with high clarity and low pH, alkalinity, conductivity, and phosphorous.
Can produce cleistogamous and chasmogamous flowers in response to ecological conditions.
Ephemeral or short lived perennial
- cleistogamous => automatic self-pollination of certain plants that can propagate by using non-opening, self-pollinating flowers.
- chasmogamous => open petals encircling exposed reproductive parts, rely on cross-pollination by biotic or abiotic agents
Kingdom - Plantae
Subkingdom - Viridiplantae
Infrakingdom - Streptophyta
Superdivision - Embryophyta
Divison - Tracheophyta
Subdivision - Spermatophytina
Class - Magnoliopsida
Superorder - Asteranae
Order - Lamiales
Family - Phyrymaceae
Genus - Glossostigma
Species - Glossostigma cleistanthum W.R. Barker
Invasive Species Index of New York
https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Flora_of_New_York/Invasive_species_index
https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Flora_of_New_York/Lamiales_3
NCBI
Taxonomy ID: 318104 (for references in articles please use NCBI:txid318104)
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